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  • Prayer requests

    I have to make this quick, because we just lost power and I think it's going to be down for a while, and I only have a few minutes of battery time left. Please pray for my friend Daniel (Nichols), who is going to have a heart catheterization procedure on Thursday. It should be routine, but…

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  • I'm going to be offline for a couple of days. See you Monday.

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  • Fun With Sound

    I'm not sure how many people who read this blog are interested in this, but I am, so…. For a month or so now there has been a great furor at eMusic.com, an online music store that sells mp3 files, about an acquisition of some major-label music that seems to be encoded at a slightly…

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  • A Few Dawn Treader Reviews

    Please note that some of these will tell you more about the movie than you may want to hear if you haven't seen it, but plan to, and prefer, like me, to have as little prior knowledge as possible. Be careful of the comments on some of them, as they sometimes give away more details…

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  • Happy New Year!

    The Road goes ever on and on…

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  • How to pet the kitty correctly. How to tell if the kitty is planning to kill you. (Thanks to Janet for the first one.)

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  • If you use Wikipedia…

    …please read this appeal and consider making a donation. I realized a while back that I have come to rely very heavily on it. The small donation I just made doesn't come close to paying for the use I get out of it, but it's something. Interesting detail (to me, anyway): Jimmy Wales, the founder…

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  • A comment on Christmas which I read a few minutes ago recommended that we thank God for "his gift of salivation and the forgiveness of our sins."

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  • Fog and Moonlight

    Last night I saw something very beautiful which I'd never seen before and may never see again. I had been out around 9 and seen that the sky was very clear, so the three-quarters moon was very bright. Later, around 11, I walked the dogs down to the bay as usual. A light fog had…

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  • Once again an unexpected work emergency (this one partly my fault, alas) has gotten in the way of the SNJ. Tuesday afternoon or night, I hope.

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